Matt Barrow wrote:
"Matt Whiting" wrote in message
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Matt Barrow wrote:

"Capt.Doug" wrote in message
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"John Galban" wrote in message
Amazing! Hitting a target in a moving airplane at several hundred
feet with a pistol! The odds are pretty slim. Military pilots call
that the "Golden BB". That one lucky small arms shot that, totally by
chance, ends up occupying the same area of space as the plane.

I dunno, I go shooting with a .44Mag revolver w/ 12" barrel and scope. A
Cessna at low level wouldn't be so hard to hit.



It'd be easier _without_ the scope.



Maybe, but most pistol scopes are pretty low power with a fairly large
FOV. I still think it would be difficult no matter what.



I dunno...I can hit a 12" pie plate at 100 yards with a 1911 with standard
sights. I doubt it's be that hard.

So can I. We all make lucky shots occasionally. However, few can hit a
pie plate at 100 yards EVERY shot when shooting off-hand. Actually,
even a machine rest won't do that as the standard 1911's tend to scatter
their hits more than 12" at 100 yards inherently. And if the pie plate
is moving at 80 MPH, the odds get MUCH worse.

I don't think Doug Koenig could do that with any consistency and he's a
lot better shot than you or me.


Matt